Heavy Snow in Niobrara County, Wyoming

Heavy Snow February 12, 2021 – February 14, 2021 · Niobrara County, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

Observer located five miles north-northeast of Lusk measured 7.0 inches of snowfall the morning of the 13th.

The wider storm

Snow and sub-zero temperatures blanketed southeastern Wyoming Valentine's Day weekend. Southern mountains and portions out in the high plains measured heavy snowfall coupled then with extreme sub-zero temperatures into the minus teens and twenties for many. Rawlins and Laramie set new daily record low temperatures. With area ranchers in calving season, many had to prepare additional feed and wind breaks to keep herd alive along with snow during portion of the extreme cold.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 942302. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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